Casey Farmer Final Project

Edmodo in the Classroom: by Casey Farmer EDTECH554
May 4
2013
Edmodo
This document is a development plan about how the district will properly incorporate the Edmodo website to enhance student learning, engagement, and achievement.
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[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]
Prompt: Plan a technology training opportunity for teacher professional development. Include the following elements:
1. Are the goals SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound)? a. Professional development goals that will improve all students learning? b. Professional development goals that will improve teacher effectiveness? c. Professional development goals that differentiates the learning? 2. What activities are planned? 3. What are the expected outcomes? 4. How will the learning be measured? 5. How will you ensure the learning returns to the classroom? 6. How will you measure the outcome on student learning? Professional Development Guide: Professional development will take place once a month for four months. The training will last from August to November. Follow up sessions will be available after the end of the calendar year. Educational technology coaches will be responsible for the teacher training. Training modules have been divided into four different modules to be completed during the training sessions. Attendees: Teachers from all over the district will attend a meeting that will be held at their school one Tuesday per month from August until November. Professional teacher training will be required for all teachers in all subjects grades 5-12. Teachers in grades k-4 have option to attend meetings, but will not be required. The reason for this is grades 5-12 all have access to iPads, laptops, and computer labs daily.
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S.M.A.R.T. Goals
S.
Specific
M. Measurable
A. Attainable
R.
Realistic
T.
Timely
By the end of the training session learners will be able to use Edmodo to: Develop multiple classes Create and assign quizzes Give feedback and award badges to students Load documents, web links, and PowerPoints for students to access Teachers will have surveys to complete after each session and quizzes to measure learning. Teachers will take a pretest and a posttest on their familiarity with Edmodo. Teachers will have a month to incorporate the different training sessions into their classrooms. Teachers will bring back any positive or negative experiences they had and share them with the trainers. If teachers need assistance they can ask a technology coach to assist them during one of their lessons. All 5-12 teachers have access to iPads, laptops, and computer labs on a daily basis. Edmodo can be accessed from school or home by teachers, students, and parents. Edmodo is new to our school district, this will be the first year it is available. Teachers will have sufficient time and training to be able to properly introduce this in their classrooms.
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Planned Activities:
August
o Introduction to Edmodo
An overview to what Edmodo is. How others are using it in the classroom. What can students gain from using an interactive site in the classroom? Advantages of using Edmodo to help promote student learning and enhance student engagement.
o What is my login and what are the student logins

How teachers will login using the district website. What can teachers do to help students login. How to present students with their logins to keep private so other students do not have access to them.
o How to setup a classroom for each class

For most upper level teachers they will have multiple classes some in the same subject and others with different subjects. How teachers can have multiple classes under their page and how to access the code for students to join the class that they need to. Teachers will set up their classes and have all their students join by the next teacher training.
September
o How to create an assignment dropbox
Teachers will learn how to create an assignment dropbox for students to upload writing assignments or presentations. Teachers will develop an assignment dropbox for students to upload an assignment by the next training session.
o How to create a quiz

Teachers will learn how to develop quizzes. Quizzes can be multiple choice that are graded immediately or open ended questions. Teachers will create a short quiz for students to complete.
o How to grade quizzes
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Once students complete quizzes teachers will know how to access the gradebook and change scores and allow students to retake the quiz. Teachers will grade student quizzes and access gradebook by next meeting.
October
o How to give feedback to graded assignments and quizzes
Teachers will be able to access Edmodo gradebook where they will give feedback to student assignments and quizzes. Teachers will use this to communicate results with students.
o How to award student badges

Students that do excellent assignments or have excellent quiz grades teachers will learn how to award these students with badges. Badges are used as incentives for students to do well.
November
o How to upload word documents
Teachers will learn how to upload word documents and PDF files for students to access from class or at home.
o How to upload PowerPoints

Teachers ill learn how upload and save a PowerPoint file for students to follow along with their presentation.
o How to add a link for students to access.

Teacher will learn how to add a link for students to access. Links can be used to assign students homework or share a page with them.
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Expected Outcomes: With voluntary follow up teacher training meetings, availability to technology coaches and various resources it is expected that teachers in grades 5-12 will show growth in their ability to incorporate Edmodo into their daily lessons. Teachers that use Edmodo on a regular basis will have enhanced student engagement and students will a better understanding of material being taught. With immediate teacher feedback on quizzes students will know what they scored and what they need to work on. With the ability to upload web links, PowerPoints and word documents teachers will save on the amount of paper they use during the school year. How will learning be measured? Learning will be measured in a variety of ways. One way learning will be measured is after each staff development. Survey will ask teachers how comfortable they were before the training, how comfortable they are after the training, and how comfortable they are taking what they have learned and apply it in the classroom. Learning will also be measured by teacher artifacts. After each teacher training, teachers should be able to take what they have learned and apply it in the classroom. Once applied in the classroom the teacher has an artifact of how they used their training in the classroom.
How will you ensure the learning returns to the classroom?
In order to make sure that learning returns to the classroom teacher will collect and organize artifacts. Artifacts will ensure that teachers are using the training in the classroom. Technology coaches will be readily available for all teachers to seek guidance and answer questions. Teachers will have sufficient time to learn Edmodo and incorporate it into their
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classrooms. Teachers will learn once they begin to incorporate Edmodo in their class students will begin accessing the learning tool from home and will have a beneficial impact on student learning and engagement.
How will you measure the outcome on student learning? Teachers and technology coaches will be able to track and monitor student logins and maintain a positive learning environment for the students. Gradebooks that are a part of the Edmodo site will help track student learning with quizzes and completed assignments. Administration and coaches will be able to see observational data while completing their walkthroughs. At the end of the year students will complete a survey about the impact that Edmodo has played in their learning. With Edmodos ability to store PowerPoints and word documents students will be able to access information to better help them succeed. Student achievement will also be measured with the end of year test and student growth and achievements.

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Edmodo in the Classroom: by Casey Farmer EDTECH554

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

o What is my login and what are the student logins

o How to setup a classroom for each class

o How to create a quiz

o How to grade quizzes

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

o How to award student badges

o How to upload PowerPoints

o How to add a link for students to access.

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

How will you ensure the learning returns to the classroom?

[EDMODO IN THE CLASSROOM: BY CASEY FARMER EDTECH554]

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